Dear FOP Board
Can anyone tell us what all of these numbers have in common?
- Case #19961167130
- Case #20001121906
- Case #20023000899
- Case #2006ch20263
- Case #20071125946
- Case #2007ch27863
- Case #2008ch31317
- Case #2009ch32354
- Case #2010ch45843
- Case #20111181449
- Case #20111704988
- Case #20131708608
- Case #20111728862
- Case #20151702154
- Case #20151724589
- Case #20161714730
- Case #2016ch03734
- Case #20181131186
- Case #2018ch00084
- Case #20181129855
- Case #20211116941
- Case #20101214195
Correct - they're all court cases in Cook County. Chancery and Civil divisions.
What else do they have in common?
- they all involve a single individual owing money to assorted entities - banks, credit unions, credit card companies, a university, etc
So, someone with:
- twenty-two separate cases
- in a single county court system regarding financial issues
....wouldn't really be someone that should be allowed to have unfettered and unsupervised use of a credit card belonging to a labor organization with tens of millions of dollars in membership dues, right?
Oversight should be a requirement and an obligation to ensure nothing shady is going on, right? This would be the job of the Board of Directors, correct?
Or is there going to be a twenty-third case being filed in Cook County one day soon?
Labels: FOP
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
176 Comments:
But he has our backs and has accomplished so much for us.
Tik tok Johnny
Ouch....
Thank you SCC...
https://www.chicagofop.org/contact-us
Just like I said in the post below. We know who the jagoffs are and still they are not taken away!!! There is no way he should be in charge of anything
John is such a scumbag. This shows you exactly why he doesn’t want to open the books. Full stop up his butt.
In any background investigation, a pattern like this is a massive red flag. We’re looking at over 20 civil filings for unpaid debt and mortgage defaults spanning three decades. This raises a critical question for the rank-and-file: Why is there such strong resistance to an independent audit of the Lodge’s expenses? Financial transparency protects the members, not just the leadership.
"Contract" is almost always debt collection under $30,000.
19961167130: Contract (Municipal Civil)
20001121906: Contract (Municipal Civil)
20023000899: Contract (Municipal Civil)
2006CH20263: Mortgage Foreclosure (Chancery)
20071125946: Contract (Municipal Civil)
2007CH27863: Mortgage Foreclosure (Chancery)
2008CH31317: Mortgage Foreclosure (Chancery)
2009CH32354: Mortgage Foreclosure (Chancery)
2010CH45843: Mortgage Foreclosure (Chancery)
20101214195: Contract (Municipal Civil)
20111181449: Contract (Municipal Civil)
20111704988: Contract (Municipal Civil)
20111728862: Contract (Municipal Civil)
20131708608: Contract (Municipal Civil)
20151702154: Contract (Municipal Civil)
20151724589: Contract (Municipal Civil)
20161714730: Contract (Municipal Civil)
2016CH03734: Mortgage Foreclosure (Chancery)
20181129855: Contract (Municipal Civil)
20181131186: Contract (Municipal Civil)
2018CH00084: Mortgage Foreclosure (Chancery)
20211116941: Contract (Municipal Civil)
Not good
Easy transparency would be emailing a mass email of spending. This way we are aware. The union has helped a lot of people in assisting in legal fees, raising funds when officers are sick. One way to show nothing funny is going on is to send a mass email of spending. If people do not like the spending, show up at a meeting and be present.
Not a good sign
What didn’t make it to court??? That’s the real question. Gotta wonder how many loans and credit cards were resolved on the verge of filing a legal claim. I really like the guy and everyone below him. I would rather see someone else step up and keep majority of the crew that’s there.
Say it with me now: “it’s only a little misappropriation”.
Say it with me now: “why are we worried about a credit card bill when we have millions in the accounts?”
Let’s get Nick Shirley to investigate
The young guy seems to get great results
J-Cat became FOP President in 2020. Interesting. The lawsuits stopped shortly after that. Curious.
Holy shit!!! Wow!
This guy truly sucks with money. Shows he was evicted in 2023… while running the FOP. Incredible!!
How and why is he in charge of a union? Get out you piece of shit!
OT … anyone know what the deal is with human remains being found in a crawl space in 016? Supposedly the former owner of this dwelling is a retired commander of CPD. Asking for a friend.
you were all told many times for the last six years he was bad news. you just were not listening
Proud To Say I NEVER Voted For Him!!!
Familiarity Breeds Contempt!!!
FOP and the city can file for bankruptcy at the same time. Wheres the national board on this.
What we know:
According to a criminal complaint filed in Washington County, Minnesota, John C. Mitchell Jr., 52, is charged with engaging in electronic communication describing sexual conduct with a minor. He is a Chicago Firefighter. Used firehouse to communicate. Search web: CREEP
Not to worry: Pritzker is sending his plumber to the FOP to have all the toilets removed and Trump is sending the National Guard as well. All is well.
How did this guy get a mortgage on a nice house in Mt Greenwood? The highly regulated mortgage industry has many safeguards in place to NOT lend money to people with a sketchy financial history….
His "crew" are enabling him and covering for his stealing. I don't think a group of people who are accessories to embezzlement should remain on the board, let alone not be charged with him. How do you think he's gotten away with it for so long? They all knew!
As the eminent philosopher Curly Howard once said, A victim of circumstance.
Negative.....I would keep Gorman and replace the Entire board.
Maybe this will motivate the board of nothing 27 absolute fucking morons who sit on this "board" for alleged oversight. In no other world would this be allowed to exist.
Hell be out soon...bye bye johnny...Can the food truck be outside of a jail? Dont want Johnny to miss those beef sandwiches and can we put that expensive painting in his cell so he doesn't get home sick?? Tik Tok Johnny bb.
His 300 credit score should have him living in section 8.
But look at the guy over the money at narcotics. Didn't he have ridiculous debt and bankruptcy and he's still in charge 🤔 🤣
Danny can stay works hard to fight the dept & the city for our ofc's.
Dennis can stay good with money.
Mike. . .
Literally what he said at Wednesday's meeting. Thanks Mette for clarifying his comments
Are you fuckin kidding me?
Dump the fop, time to get a real union
People ARE showing up to tell HIM they don’t like it and they are being screamed at. Then you have his minions going up there to justify it because they don’t know what misappropriation means.
Why? They saw and knew what he was doing and let him! They are just as culpable. In fact they helped him cover it!
Ok people, who should we back next election, any rumblings on who's running.
COLA is huge, Social Security is huge, nice raises last contract too.
Happy lawyers.
Just remember that John's board has approved all his spending and voted to restrict members from viewing the financials. This entire administration is responsible for our dues being stolen.
I wonder what his FICO score is?
Posted at 12:05am. Someone didn’t get a good nights sleep
Yup. He's so good to us he even raised out dues.
Don't loan him any money
People do show up to the meetings asking to see the financials and John just yells and shouts them down, telling them they can't see them. The only way we're gonna know what's going on is when the feds finally put cuffs on him and his board.
Nothing here to see folks, just a dirty union president and his lying board, milking the membership for everything they can.
Know what else ain’t a good sign? Illegally accessing a computer belonging to State FOP personnel who you suspect of cooperating with the Feds who are building a case against you. Between his own Board giving him up for a seat on the Federal Bus instead of under it and the State guys being compelled to do the same, Johnny Boy is toast.
How much in kickbacks is he giving his board to go along with his "misappropriation of funds"?
Good thing his board exonerated him of the misappropriation of funds charges brought against him by the VP, otherwise I might have thought John was stealing our dues.
That guy should be federally charged
So, when do we march down there with pitchforks and torches? Time for the villagers to remove the corrupt board. Especially the financial secretary for sitting on this. We are beyond where there is smoke there is fire. This is a Bonafide fire boys and girls. And it is our money that is burning.
The FOP boards members said he did nothing wrong
”This would be the job of the Board of Directors, correct?“
You’d think, right? But no… the Board of Directors are enablers (and co-conspirators) as they pretty much rubber stamp everything Catanzara proposes.
In return, they are rewarded by voting themselves salary increases, doubling the pay for the multiple Committee meetings on which they sit, multiple annual airfare and hotel reimbursements for “union business”, meals and drinks on the FOP 7 credit cards, dry cleaning bills etc etc. John’s favorite seven words are “just take it out of petty cash”.
And yes, I’ve voluntarily given statements twice as to what I’ve witnessed almost daily for the past five plus years. It’s like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. The tension here at the Lodge is so thick that you can cut it with a knife. And from what I’ve been seeing, there’s more than a few birdies here who’ve been cooperating with with investigators. It’s all just a matter of time at this point.
He got us 1. Biggest raise last contract more than any other president. 2. Kept health care cost down more than any other president. 3. Does not back down to the city like past presidents. 4 not is bed with the city like past presidents. He has done a great job in his job as FOP president. Hopefully he will run again and win.
1. 19961167130…lawsuit from mercury finance for 644.32. 2. 20001121906.lawsuit from Lewis university for 3210.69. 3. 20023000899…lawsuit for Americash loans for 555. 4. 2006ch20263… lawsuit from hale park place condo for foreclosure 5. 20071125946…lawsuit from juniper bank for 1947.28. 6. 2007ch27863….lawsuit from hale park place condo for foreclosure. 7. 2008ch31317… lawsuit from hale park place condo for foreclosure 8. 2009 ch 32354.. another lawsuit from hale park place condo 9. 2010 ch45843..another lawsuit from hale park place condo 10. 20111181449…lawsuit from future finance for 15129.95. 11. 20111704998…another lawsuit from hale park place condo 12. 20111728662….another lawsuit from hale park place condo 13. 2013708608.another lawsuit from hale park place condo …1270.81.
14. 20151702154..another lawsuit from hale park place condo 1164.83. 15. 20151724589.. another lawsuit from hale park place condo 2267.24 16. 20161714730..another lawsuit from hale park place condo for 1733.59. 17. 2016ch03734….freedom mortgage 18. 20181131186… capital one
19. 2018ch00084 freedom mortgage 20.20181129855…capital one 21. 20211116941..lawsuit from midland credit 22. 20101214195..lawsuit from credit union for 5121.08…….this is our unions president history of bad debts …no wonder why he loves the blank check fop gives
And this one wasn’t paid until years after he was president why? He was making so much money.
Date Filed Division
20181131186 CVCR1102 09/19/2018 District 1
Plaintiff(s) Case Type Defendant(s) Attorney
CAPITAL ONE BANK (
Breach of Contract - Small Claims - Non-Jury JOHN CATANZARA
RESURGENCE LEGAL GROUP, PC
Ad Damnum
5380.84
Future Court Activity:
Case Activities:
Activity Date: 01/29/2024 Event Desc: Satisfaction (Or Release) Of Judgment Filed Comments: SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENT
Activity Date: 05/21/2019 Event Desc: Memorandum Of Judgment Filed Comments: Litigant: CAPITAL ONE BANK (
That’s why he’s hanging on so hard to that $195K a year that the rank and file have to pay him.
Why don’t all you union crybabies go and yell at a Fop meeting with all your complaining back and forth.We have more important issues in the city right now.
Well, he probably lied on his mortgage application. He doesn't seem to be above doing stuff like that.
On the 1st of September 2021, an amendment to Article VII of the constitution was presented to the Board of Directors and the Board recommended that the amendment be passed by a voice vote at the general meeting. On the 15th of September 2021 the amendment to Article VII of the constitution was approved and adopted by the general membership by a 2/3 vote of the membership present at the general meeting Changes were made to Article VII Nomination and Election of Officers and Trustees of Chicago Lodge #7.
Tried for 5 year term instead of what every other fop in the country has 3 year term. Got membership to approve 4. Gave them more time to do all the things they wanted to do. ( new lodge with parking etc. None of it happened. He also tried to remove the past president from being a board member. He knew Kevin wouldn’t rubber stamp everything and we know how much he likes to announce UNANIMOUS votes.
On April 20,2022 after the Board of Directors determined that the proposals were properly submitted and after publication in the Lodge's newsletter, in accordance with the Board of Directors recommendations changes were approved and adopted by the general membership by a 2/3 vote of those present at the meeting. Changes were made to the following sections: By-Law Article IlI section (g) and By-Law Article VII Expenses and Compensation.
The salary of the President shall be equal to E-6 Pay ( commanders) and shall be increased periodically in the same amount as CB members. If the President is a retiree from the CPD or becomes retired while serving, he shall not suffer any reduction to the E-6 level due to collecting pension. It also used to say the compensation was equal to 2017 pay scale and he changed it to 2021. BIG RAISE Also covered all field reps who were retiring ( Fernando) so they could collect pension plus salary.
On September 21,2022 after the Board of Directors determined that the proposals were properly submitted and after publication in the Lodge's newsletter, in accordance with the Board of Directors recommendations changes were approved and adopted by the general membership by a 2/3 vote of those present at the meeting. Changes were made to the following sections: Constitution Article IV Board of Directors Section 3. and Article VI Nomination and Election of Officers and Trustees of Chicago Lodge #7.
See above
On May 31, 2023, the Board of Directors recommended to the general membership, who, by a unanimous 5-vote, approved and accepted changing the formal name of the organization from "FOP Chicago Lodge #7"to "Chicago John Dineen Lodge #7."
Financial records renamed also, was this done to hide the past?
A board of directors (aka board of TRUSTEES) is ENTRUSTED to make sure there's no financial monkey business, and that all monies collected are properly accounted for, and that expenditures are justified via transparent disclosures. When the board cant be trusted, they need to be removed.
This Fop like many others is more concerned about their $800 stipend checks , free trips , pizza , beer and the like . Most cops have kids to out through college and don’t ever attend any Fop meetings .
I was once like that and I remember a Fop Board member saying to me “ What are you dong here ?” I replied “ this is my Union Hall !”
John Catanzara has gotten more CR numbers in other cops than most police haters . He continues to rule this Union through abject intimidation . You go to a meeting and look around and see the same old hangers on nodding their heads and raising their hands for Johnny Boy .
There was a recent case in which charges were brought against Catanzara for not allowing the former 1st VP to attend the last Fop conference . Catanzara lied to the Board saying he never contacted him and would not put him name up for a vote even though he allowed members who never attended a meeting to go .
The hearing was conducted by Dave Disanti with impeccable credentials . He had recently been the bagman for a cruise in Miami . Even though there was e mail evidence the committee and Board vied unanimously to once again not sanction Catanzara . Same Board who voted unanimously he wasn’t stealing .
Throw in how many ballots lay at the Post Office uncounted in the last election and he , Cosentino , McGuire and John’s recently demoted secretary knew about it and said nothing .
Can you imagine the President of your union getting a CR number on one of his own members who was on the Board ? Dennis needs to out on his big boy pants if he has any and give real numbers not his unusual spiel . If not I hope he likes the color of yellow also !
Everyone is over reacting!!! John is a good guy. He would never do what the evidence indicates.
So is J-Cat Conehead’s financial planner? Or is it the other way around?
Jrat did NOT give us COLA, you guys keep saying that!! I retired in 2017 and I got it then!!!!
Besides that we yelled from the rooftops about his 50 plus CR numbers. They arent cuz he was a hard charger and pissed off the bad guy! Its cuz he is the ultimate creep. He has done such shitty weird stuff to other coppers, its mind boggling anyone would think hes a good choice.
Oh jeez Dave you are up early? Maybe they can give you adjoining cells after the wire fraud, embezzling charge. You were holding the cash in Miami right? HA HA HA he’s gonna throw you under the bus!
How in the world do we have a guy in charge of Narcotics that is $1 mil in debt? JW is a embarrassment
He timed it perfectly with his 30K DONATION he got for election to national president and then didn’t run. Sallie Mae requires that kind of down payment. He purchased from retired sgt Steve martin.
Those are called “good will” in the checkbook
It's nice that John took time away from spending our dues to defend himself. I doubt his current federal investigation will allow him to run.
If Beesley finds no wrong doings, I see no wrong doings.
That guys an idiot.
Hmmm he does have access to millions of our dues money.
Say What???
Thank you Dave S
Promise end to residency and he’ll win again
Disanti was seen at bass pro shops trading in the cruise ship for a speed boat to Havana.
Degenerate shithead.
My God, if I get a parking ticket I pay it immediately because I don't want to get in trouble. Nor do I ever want to embarrass myself as CPD. Nor shame my family.
It has been non stop bad behavior by this guy. John truly is the devil and has absolutely no conscious. I sincerely hope he goes to prison. And his assets are forfeited to FOP.
Steve Hilton: California Dems stole a staggering $434 BILLION from taxpayers in just 5 years—bigger than every other state combined…
https://x.com/RealDonKeith/status/2045815254500700454
Just like the Chicago City Council for years! Just vote with John (Mayor) & you get to keep your stipend & your free steak dinners at the members expense!
When Johnny Boy was a Unit/Watch Rep for the 8th District, he always wanted to see the books & he was allowed to view the books! Why the change of heart Johnny Boy! You GOT something to hide??
Honestly my comment probably won't get posted because it's critical of the blog. The blog is complicit in Catanzara being elected twice! Many of us came on here and warned people about this guy. The blog carried John's water in the last 2 elections because one of the women that was blew the whistle on all of this finally woke up!! Well those 2 women voted for this thief twice!! How bad of a police officer do you gotta be to not see this guy for what he is?!
jcat is a big pos he only helps out the politically connected from mt greenwood
get rid of the fop vote in map its a better union
No… no I’m not kidding you!! He’s a big piece of shit!
Do the feds have a wagon for them all or will they each get a single car for transport to the station?
And he’s drives a Wagoneer…..
that's what unions do, buddy
Eric Swalwell, the former U.S. representative from California who gave up his seat in Congress after being accused of sexual assault and rape, reportedly billed alcohol deliveries to his congressional campaigns.
hire this guy as an exempt for the cpd he will fit right in
vote them all out time for change #teammette
Sounds like an attempted burglar who got stuck and died 😄 case closed
Let’s start with the 30k in cash he got from the Lodge and State to run for National President and never did. And he never returned the money. Completely illegal. Nice down payment.
This guy is married to a Deputy Commissioner with the Chicago Dept of Aviation. Not a very nice lady. Karma works in strange ways.
Social Security was a national movement, not FOP
He had nothing to do with ss and cola was in motion before he got there
I always thought he was a weasel. Then I heard his sham investigation and confirmed it.
A better question to ask is how did he avoid getting prosecuted for all of this? While one of us would be nailed to the wall for even one of these investigations.
Yet he somehow managed to scrape together $30K for a down payment to a new house. Wonder where that came from.
we endorsed no one
we supported no one
we provided a forum for the members to air out just about every gripe, complaint, support and cheer leading.
how that is "carry[ing] water" or being complicit, we have no idea.
what we did encourage was everyone to CAST A F@#%ING BALLOT since it came with an envelope and a STAMP ATTACHED. You see how well that went over - something like 30% voted.
now go play in traffic child.
Fraud triangle, opportunity, motivation, rationalization. Where there is smoke there is fire, folks (and peoples)
John’s contract accomplishments were not his own.
Done a fantastic job John. Don’t listen to the cry babies.
He was one of the leaders in getting us social security!!!
The VP was the second person who brought charges on him, the other charges brought on him 2 years ago were dropped the exact same way. Weird
Look up how many tickets John got on his fop truck (that we pay for) and he paid for with the fop card.
Hey DeSanti can you please explain all of this to us? I TRUST you! Lol
I respect that you posted my post, however, the blog was supportive of Catanzara in the last two elections in my opinion. He is a Con-artist and I am disappointed that the blog did not investigate this guys background more thoroughly. The information was out there. I agree that you encouraged members to vote and that's important but the membership could have really benefitted from the blog informing the members better.
Well he is currently the subject of a federal investigation
Same as his IQ. VERY LOW
Someone needs to grow some balls and file a class action lawsuit against lodge7 to open the books for full review..stop the big talk and go with action..im retired and have no more connection with the FOP so dont give a shit.
Now run my court records. 60 years of paying bills zero lates or defaults or a single bad check. Signed a nobody. Get rid of the cat and the cone, deadbeats.
He already promised it, yet here we are.
He has proven himself over and over again that he stands up to city hall. Will go down as best FOP Pres.
Agreed. I tried to post info about JCrap that is verifiable and each time it wasnt posted. There was a 7 page article about this freak in the Chicago magazine several years ago where they spelled out what a douche he really is. His history with women and “younger ladies” is truly disturbing.
Team mette??? Are you serious? Only took him 5 years to speak up.
I bet our illustrious mayor has more judgements against him than JRat.
The members have paid for plenty of John's parking tickets. The King parks wherever he wants and the peasants can pay for it.
I voted for him twice also, not because he was so awesome but because PM and BB are liars who wet their beaks in the members dues when they were in that office. Now these guys want back in cause John was a better thief. Yeah, ok.
easier said then done. If you recall in Dolton Township, the Board there could not get the Mayor, Tiffany, to produce financial records. She stonewalled them.
He wants to move the Fop Hall to the Southside.
Vote the ENTIRE loudmouth team out. A bounce of self righteous mopes.
I second that, but don’t forget the newsworthy incidents.
Danny can stay works hard to fight the dept & the city
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Get rid of all of them.
At the very least he doesn't owe the city for unpaid water bills.
We can’t just dump the fop, we would be starting from square one. Everything we now have would not apply!
I believe you mean “soycumstance” 😂😂
Gfy
John has made the FOP stronger then ever…Thank You.
Well our other options weren't that great either.
I will say he bigger balls then any other president and will stand up to the mayor like no other past presidents.
He's doesn’t need to borrow any when he can just steal it from the hardworking members.
SCC was pro Jcat or at least that’s how I read it. Nothing wrong with having an opinion! Hell, I was 100% pro Jcat but JCAT changed into a crook over some time. He pulled the rug on us all. Nothing wrong with admitting fault. You only lose credibility with blatant denial. I just wish I was half as cunning as Jcat is. Absolute savage and making tons of money.
Motivate ? Had the votes been counted legitimately on election night this Board would have been completely different . You look at who is on this Board and in addition his selected field reps and political advisor it’s a complete cluster _____!
This Board is so incredibly dumb they will never get it . The only way you get rid of these credents is wait for them to export or get a fire hose and open one door and spray them out the other ! 😎
How many of those minions are under John’s control ? It would be easier to count the ones that are not .
Pretty sad what a collection of misfits who are incapable of making a decision .
John talked about the CR matrix at the last meeting . How in the world can you make a deal to sanction your members . Hey maybe they can out him in charge of Chase bank after this . Take your food truck and your entourage with you please !
Hey maybe Coach Dennis can help him out . Denny always bitches about the food truck but says nothing when John comes back from another crusade with Dump truck ; I mean I 94 - Tri-Santi or respectfully known as Truck stop .
Hey Dave your breath smells like beef jerky ! Disgusting 🤮
Because he’s reasonably slick and has put the arm on his board members from day one to “go along to get along”. As stated earlier, they’re ALL whetting their beaks at the FLOP coffers. And I imagine they’ve all grown quite comfortable with pilfering OUR money as no one has ever called them on it… until those “crazy broads” put 2 and 2 and 2 AND 2 together.
Here’s the simple truth and some common sense. John Catanzara has done everything in his power to obstruct access to the FOPs finances. John Catanzara (as well as others on the Board) have left paper trails of spending that was improper and illegal. John Catanzara has said on the record how he used Covid funds to buy the food trailer under the guise those dollars were to be paid to “essential (FOP office) workers” John Catanzara is probably the worst financial risk on the planet behind Hunter Biden. This is proven by the dozens of judgements against him. John Catanzara has illegally accessed State FOP electronics and emails. John Catanzara, while mired in financial disaster came up with the same amount of money for a down payment on a house at the same time he collected $30K to run for State FOP Prez. Only he dropped out of the race and retained that campaign cash. John Catanzara had his board vote to change the bylaws to enable their term in office to be extended to 4 years from 3. Then he had the usual cast of blind clowns in the membership vote for it at a general meeting. John Catanzara makes sure his board votes in lockstep with his every proposal by awarding themselves with raises in salary, committee stipends and comped “business” trips, meals, drinks etc.
This is just some of the few things that come to mind. While John Catanzara’s nut holders and cheerleaders will say “that’s all circumstantial!!”, the Feds see it for exactly what it is. Where there’s smoke there is indeed fire. Someone truly innocent would be bending over backwards to explain their actions and disprove such serious allegations. But John Catanzara is his own worst enemy, the smartest guy in the room, relying on bully tactics to keep his little world from imploding. Only problem? He underestimated a few tenacious members with consciences and balls bigger than he could ever imagine.
I’ve long since retired and quit paying into that “fraternal” organization as I saw it for what it is a long time ago. But I do stay plugged in to current events as I still have many friends on the job, perhaps even one or two who work out of 1412 W. Washington. It will be sweet vindication when John Catanzara and the others who enabled him are charged and - God willing - convicted. I’ll drive to town to attend the next general meeting to take the microphone and point and laugh at whoever’s left standing.
It’s called being a thief and a liar . Dennis called him the “ real deal “ three years ago . That was down in Cape Coral at Cop Shop when John , Monica and him went down to talk to the retirees in Florida . Question has never been given who paid for their flights and the credit card that was used for the meal ?
Dennis is to blame as much as anyone !
Don’t fall for that, he run off of filing a lawsuit for residency the first time he ran for president.
Darn I just lent him a grand said he he's in charge of the Human fund.
His RICO score is batting 100
I would but the free beer and hotdogs prevents me from voicing my concerns.
SCC might have never endorsed him but someone behind that curtain was deleting all the negative posts trying to expose him…..this has been going on for over 6 years!!! Better late than never I suppose!
…and still no federal rap, no arrest, no investigation & no shred of proof. The same 25-30 ppl writing on this post and every other post - just want John’s job. There’s nothing altruistic about these comments. The truth of the matter is, they just want the paycheck, the perks and the power they f the office. Erin and company should just be honest with themselves and everyone else too..
Naw, we'll pass on Mette. We'll go with JCat, but demand that he have people that think differently surrounding him.
Hey he fought hard and got us our social security. How quickly some forget.
Is this for real? Please EJ ask the question at the next general meeting. We support you silently, because you are doing the Lords work. Make sure you stay the whole meeting because it is not a good look that you duck out early.
EJ continue to go beast mode and have people aligned with you keep coming to the mic.
Nope. Not gonna do it. Not when I can bitch anonymously on the blog and hope someone else takes the time and puts in the effort, and God forbid, gives his/her name. Let someone else carry my weight.
E.J. You are doing a great job uncovering where funds are going for the FOP can you please figure out where our “donations” in FSD are going? Which we had no say so in. I will give you a hint it’s a room outside the firearms lab. Soon we will be asking for an audit that hopefully you can lead.
Gonna have to be a legit prisoner transport vehicle to accommodate all those huge egos and bloated, doughy bodies. Hell, they’ll have to use leg irons to cuff Backstababitch and Grimace DiSanti behind their backs.
While yes is it ethical the way Director Jim received his position is in question. Probably not very ethical even a conflict of interest but the guy really does listen and really does provide results quick when asked for something. Unfortunately it’s a double edge sword. We have never seen results like this in FSD ever. Obviously NOBODY at all agrees with civilianizing the unit whatsoever (such a horrible idea, which will fail in the long run) Director Jim Listens to us thus far. That being said Director Jim let your old occupation rs&a know civilianizing FSD is not a good idea. You present yourself like you have our backs like the old saying goes put your money were your mouth is. Jim we know you have loyalty to RS&A but we also see how you listen to us. Take a stand and believe me we got your back.
This entire post is just laughable. If he were Black, Hispanic or
female, they would have been named. What hypocrisy!
Whoever is in charge of the changes in FSD thank you for not bringing back Jacob’s he is clueless. If you are taking suggestions offer LT Jenny a civilian job she is beyond competent. Jacobs is a big reason why we are in this position in the first place. Sorry the truth hurts sometimes.
yea, the court docket wants your job too. STFU.
You obviously don't know them at all. John told them don't like the rules then file charges. So they granted his wish. Little did they know they would find 100,000 of thousands in questionable spending and “good will” ppp loan money and crazy spending . All while not asking board members to submit expense reports like stated on the 990s they did.
You think they’re full of shit make your appointment 14 days ahead of time and go look at the books yourselves. If you need a few specific months and years to look at, we can give you a few examples. Like the campaign donation that John had changed to a gift in kind and probably put down on his house? The one where when a board member questioned him what to tell the members if they asked why he wasn’t giving it back. Tough shit was his answer. While you’re at it, why don’t you ask Mette what his answer to the question was why he didnt report it as income?
Bat weezy needs a new dictionary. Misappropriation is pretty clearly defined.
look into his default child payments to his son's mother on top of hush money to his daughter's baby momma as well you will find lots of interesting information and all will come to light soon
How in the world do we have a guy in charge of Narcotics that is $1 mil in debt? JW is a embarrassment.
FRED WALLER, that’s how.
Wallace is a condescending, stuck up hating prick with the personally of a rock. Fred Waller owes Josh big time from the 002nd District Ronald Watts days…
In the past, any boss that would get caught applying for another job, would immediately have been demoted or forced to retire. That not even including his shady financial background, bankruptcies, or compulsive gambling habits. This almost as bad as the Johnson brothers who were stealing their dead mammies social security for a quarter century. No one went to prison, no one lost their pensions and both landed decent jobs. The fat backstabbing KJ works for shotspotter and the sickly looking skinny KJ is head of some non for profit in Englewood where he was doing his “community service.”
BB and PM are liars ? What did they lie about ? Have either one of them got a CR number on another cop ? Who did a better job in legal defense than they did ?
BB is the one who filed the lawsuit about the Police Board and about Copa . Who took the credit ? PM got rid of one of the worst attorneys in the history of Cook County . Who saved members money more than RA?
Fact of the matter is if you do nothing , make burgers , ride a motorcycle , sing the national anthem, walk out in bar bills , spend 5k on steak dinners , blow millions on PAC fund candidates who can’t win you get elected .
Have some balls and walk into the next Fop meeting . Go to the microphone and ask a simple question . 🙋 Hey John how much is our corruption attorney costing us ?
How many times have you lied to your members ? Have you gotten CR numbers on your members and how many have you gotten on cops your entire career ? Did you ever video cops while in the 18th District
Finally ask about where the money went when you did not run for Fop National President ? Why are you so concerned about the past Fop Presidents twelve year old computer ?
Is it true you tried pay a bill with $5,000 in dollar bills in a cardboard box ? 📦 The Board approved money for the party after the election and you spent more than they approved? Is that correct ?
Plato once said the person most hated is the one “ who speaks the truth ?” You hate because you know it and want your stipend to continue . Go get a real job and quit acting like you are fraternal !
The night of the last election John , His recently demoted secretary , Dennis and a few others including Cos ( Pinocchio ,) realized that there was a problem with the vote count .
There were approximately twenty seven hundred ballots delivered to the Post Office that were not counted election night . Did they report that to the election committee ?
No they did not because they were winning . These ballots were from Southside districts which favored many candidates on the opposite side .
John controlled the election committee and released the ballots ten days prior to the agreed date . Put in Harold Browns group sending out their mailer it proved that the election was not fair at all .
EJ and another person who was pro-John at the time witnessed this as they stayed silent and did not stop the election . 🗳️
Time to vote this guy out unless he is removed before then . This Union reminds me of the movie Nuremberg with Russell Crowe . Eliminate fair elections and do what you want !
All I need to see in this post is the name DiSanti. You talk about a clown show, he's the definition of it. Anyone who's ever had the displeasure of being around that guy knows to stay away. J Cat clearly picks his friends wisely. Nobody who's ever done any actual police work wants anything to do with DiSanti. J Cat clearly picked someone who was looking for anyone to be his friend. Birds of a feather flock together.
Has ANYONE EVER contacted national? I know from experience that it worked for me. When my union wasn’t protecting me, they did. Swiftly and victoriously. Go for it.
Feds better indict him before next year’s pension board retirees trustee election, He’s been bragging about running for the spot against Gene Roy. JCat will clean out the fund and flee the country.
Grifting crook. To those defending this pos, ask him why he will not open up the books. That tells you he is hiding something big.
Ouch indeed
John was only added along with many other unions after the fight to eliminate the WEP was started by the IAFF! Get your facts straight.
SS Cola is not all that great. Medicare takes most of it anyway.
Danny turned his head the other way and allowed it. Danny is just as bad.
He had unlimited amount of money on a credit card:
The Feds don't serve subpoenas for financial records because they're not investigation. John you should probably be spending your time getting your affairs in order and less time on the blog.
The most instrumental people in getting JCat elected are the Retiree's. More retiree's voted than active members. That's why he traveled to Florida to attend a retiree meeting and suck up for their votes. I'll bet 90% of them do not read the Blog.
The Cola and raises would’ve happened no matter who was in office. Don’t make excuses for theft. We should have a Union that does those things and don’t reward themselves for doing those things. That’s why you get exempt salaries. Clowns sound the Dems with the excuses.
How about dropping the ball on the Safe T Act. A few of us caught wind early in that the Black Caucus was doing this. We blew up the FOP phones. They sat on it until two months before the legislation passed. By then nothing could stop it. Another huge failure of Kitty Kat.
Once a jagoff, always a jagoff
This entire post is just laughable. If he were Black, Hispanic or
female, they would have been named. What hypocrisy!
Really? Your ignorant post is laughable while you race and gender bait. I would consider the post "sarcasm". Anyone reading it with the least bit of common sense would know exactly who the post is referring to. If you couldn't, then reading a few comments should have clued you in, detective. Furthermore, proper English would be to utilize "he" again, not "they", by the way. Please carry on with your goal of accusing the blog and posters of hypocrisy and discrimination. It will lead to nothing but comical criticism from everyone and aggravation to yourself. The other option is to refrain from reading and posting altogether, which I would prefer and recommend.
EJ and another person who was pro-John at the time witnessed this as they stayed silent and did not stop the election . 🗳️
If true, shame on you EJ and everything John was saying about you would seem to be true. Disappointing
Cola not John’s doing
Wep not john’s doing
Raise he got done but snuck in an extra two year extension that no one would’ve agreed to. He just wanted it to go to the end of his term and tried to sneak in that the superintendent can give credentials to whoever he wants upon retirement. Like him.
If you think raising dues, extending term, giving the board, a big fat raise, misappropriating funds, $5000 steak dinners, first class travel, two expensive cars, collecting cash for T-shirts, going to Jamaica in Vegas and renting fancy cars is ok. Shame on you. The FOP has more money than they’ve ever had because they raised your dues that doesn’t stop them from throwing away hundreds of thousands on politicians who never have a chance to win an election or have previously supported in champion anti-Lawn enforcement legislation. No shame in his game kitty living like a king I’m taking all kinds of extra days off from the office while you slave away and your days off canceled. Wake up he's retired He doesn’t give a shit about actively working police officers because it doesn’t affect him.
And Dave stop posting bullshit that he is not responsible for. You were left holding the money in Miami you’re going down with him.
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